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Moroccan health authorities have refuted the press reports claiming that the Kingdom has banned the exports of drugs to African countries, particularly during the current global health crisis caused by coronavirus pandemic. The Moroccan ministry belied the press report, labeling as “false and baseless” its claims, which seek to tarnish Morocco’s image and its health […]
“What is killing us isn’t coronavirus but war.” These were words of Mayor Ali Dolo, after terrorists attacked his community in central Mali. According to one of the victims, gunmen on motorbikes struck several villages near the town of Bandiagara in central Mali’s Mopti region on Tuesday. The assailants made off with some 500 head […]
A US diplomat in Sudan Thursday escaped a gun attack in capital Khartoum. The US official who has not been named was attacked by a gunman who fired at his car as he was on his way home, Turkish Anadolu news agency reports citing a diplomatic source who asked not to be named. The Sudanese […]
In Senegal, the Office of Economic Foresight is working on the development of a Covid-19 severity index, betting on statistics to draw lessons from the global management of the crisis. Since its creation in 2018, the Office has already developed a number of indicators that are supposed to measure, among other things, a country’s level […]
The member countries of ECOWAS have adopted a number of measures to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including devoting at least 15% of their annual budgets to strengthen health care systems, as they did during the Ebola epidemic few years ago. During a video-conference, chaired by President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou, the heads of state […]
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on Wednesday ordered Côte d’Ivoire to suspend its arrest warrant for Guillaume Soro and to release 19 of his relatives who have been imprisoned for four months. The African Union institution based in Arusha, Tanzania, which had been seized in early March by Mr. Soro, former […]
The Cameroonian presidency admitted on Tuesday that 13 civilians had been killed by three soldiers and auxiliaries in a village in the north-western English-speaking separatist area in mid-February. The United Nations had revealed that dring the night of 13 to 14 February, 13 civilians, including 10 children (nine under the age of five) and two […]
Several countries, international institutions and international media have hailed the initiative put forward lately by King Mohammed VI calling for a unified and concerted response to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and for facilitating joint action by African countries. The initiative, which also suggests sharing of experience and best practices in the fight against the coronavirus […]
The President of Madagascar presented Monday “his medicine” for the coronavirus, consisting of a decoction and an organic herbal tea (Tambavy CVO) based on artemisia and other Malagasy plants kept secret. The “medicine” was developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA). The Malagasy president presented the two improved traditional remedies ‘‘with great […]
An opposition group in Chad has accused forces aligned with rebel and retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar for the killing of its leader last week, Libya Observer reports. Republican Party said its leader Gorbal Jadi Nakour was assassinated on April 18 alongside with his body guard. Without providing evidence, the party, the Libyan media reports, has […]